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CONTENTSFrontispiece -- Letter of Transmittal -- Advertisement |
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CHAPTER I IMPORTANCE OF ORIGINAL SURVEYS |
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CHAPTER II VIRGINIA MILITARY DISTRICT Origin -- Cessions of Western Lands -- Indiscriminate Surveys -- District Boundaries -- Difficulties Caused by Indiscriminate Surveys -- Records of Surveys |
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CHAPTER III OLD SEVEN RANGES Land Ordinance of 1785 -- Surveys under the Ordinance of 1785 -- Reservations -- Contrast with Indiscriminate Locations -- Defects of Original System -- Irregular Surveys in the Seven Ranges -- Records of Surveys |
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CHAPTER IV OHIO COMPANY PURCHASE Apportionment Among Stockholders -- Donation Tract -- Anomalous Section Numbering -- Records of Surveys |
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CHAPTER V FRENCH GRANTS |
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CHAPTER VI BETWEEN THE MIAMIS Symmes Purchase -- Reservations -- North of Symmes Purchase -- Ministerial Lands -- Records of Surveys |
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CONNECTICUT WESTERN RESERVE Derivation of Title -- Boundaries of the Reserve -- Fire Lands -- Connecticut Land Company -- Method of Subdivision -- Irregular Subdivision of Townships -- Records of Surveys |
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CHAPTER VIII UNITED STATES MILITARY DISTRICT Origin of the District -- Boundaries of the District -- Three Moravian Tracts -- Other Reservations in the District -- Subdivision of Quarter-townships -- Inaccurate Surveys -- District Survey Records |
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CHAPTER IX CONGRESS LANDS BY GREENVILLE TREATY The Indian Boundary -- Act of May 18, 1796 -- Reservations -- Lands East of Scioto River -- Zane Grants -- Refugee Lands -- Irregular Numbering and Inaccurate Surveys -- West of Miami River -- North of Old Seven Ranges -- Land Ceded by Treaty of Fort Industry -- Laws Applying to this Chapter -- Records of Surveys |
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CHAPTER X NORTHWESTERN OHIO Treaties Ceding the Region -- Main Treaties Ceding Indian Lands in Ohio -- Substance of the Treaties -- Final Indian Treaties Affecting Ohio -- Substance of Final Treaties -- Reservations for Military Operations -- Twelve-Mile Square Reservation -- Two-Mile Square Reservation -- Michigan, Meridian Survey -- Government Subsidies -- Records of Surveys |
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CHAPTER XI DOCUMENTS CONCERNING OHIO SURVEYS Maps -- Law Books -- Supplementary Works -- State Auditor's Records |
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CHAPTER XII TREATIES, LAWS, AND INSTRUCITONS Fort McIntosh Treaty, January 21, 1785 -- Treaty of Greenville, August 3, 1795 -- Ordinance of May 20, 1785 -- Resolution of May 9, 1786 -- Resolution of May 12, 1786 -- Act of May 18, 1786 -- Act of May 10, 1800 -- Act of May 1, 1802 -- Act of March 26, 1804 -- Act of February 11, 1805 -- Act of February 22, 1817 -- Act of April 24, 1820 -- Act of May 24, 1824 -- Act of April 5, 1832 -- Tiffin's Instructions for Deputy Surveyors -- Circular of the General Land Office, May 8, 1832 -- Later Instructions |
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CHPAPTER XIII PRESENT SYSTEM OF PUBLIC LAND SURVEYS General Description -- Details of the System -- Land Office Manuals and Instructions Relating to Ohio Surveys |
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CHAPTER XIV ORIGIN OF RECTANGULAR SYSTEM |
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